Mark Zuckerberg’s $300M Yacht ‘Repeatedly Refused’ to Help Stranded Boat Off Alaska: Report

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It was a slap in the Facebook for a skiff that put out a call for help in the chilly waters of Alaska.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s $300 million Launchpad yacht dismissed a call for assistance from a 21-foot skiff, the Alaska Beacon reported on Friday.

Instead, a cruise ship farther away at the time made its way over to help.

The UnCruise Adventures ship veered past the Launchpad to tow the skiff to Farragut Bay, the Beacon reported, citing vessel tracking services in the area.

Michael Love, a passenger on the cruise, later posted on BlueSky that the Zuckerberg vessel “repeatedly refused to respond,” and was jeered by fellow passengers as a result.

“I’m on a small-ship Alaska cruise with my son; our boat rescued a stranded vessel last night and apparently we did that after the Coast Guard radioed Mark Zuckerberg’s yacht – which was closer – and they repeatedly refused to respond. (There was near-unanimous booing when the captain announced this),” Love said in his post.

A spokesman for Zuckerberg later released a statement to the Beacon, saying that the Meta boss was not on the 390-foot yacht at the time of the incident.

“Mark and his family were not on board at the time of the incident. As the Coast Guard noted, the boat was not in distress, and by the time the crew reviewed the Coast Guard contact on a different radio channel from the one they were operating on, the assist was already underway. We’re grateful all parties are safe.”

Zuckerberg made headlines over the weekend after he posted a video tussling with UFC star Merab Dvalishvili on a barge in the middle of Lake Tahoe.

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